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###&%%/=.. LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ..=/%%##
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#&&%%%/=.. MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ..=/%%%&
&%%/...... THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ....../%%&
#@#&%%/=.. UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND ..=/%%@#
@@#&%%/=.. POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. ..=/%%@@
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&%==...... . PROPERTIES . ......==%&
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#@#&%%/=.. THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY ..=/%%@#
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#@#&%%/=.. MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ..=/%%@#
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###&%%/=.. IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ..=/%%##
##@#&%/=.. STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. ..=/%@##
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#@#&%%/=.. .............. ..=/%%@#
#&%%=..... . COLLECTION . .....=%%
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#@#&%%/=.. ..=/%%@#
&%%//=.... THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS ....=//%%&
##%%%%/=.. WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE ..=/%%%%##
&%%===.... FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT ....===%%&
##@#%%/=.. EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER ..=/%%#@##
#@#&%%/=.. THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ..=/%%@#
##&%//.... PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE ....//%#
##@&%%/=.. PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF ..=/%%&@##
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&%/=...... HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. ......=/%&
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###&%%/=.. MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND ..=/%%##
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###&%%/=.. HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ..=/%%##
&%/....... MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ......./%&
#@#&%%/=.. MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. ..=/%%@#
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##@#%%/=.. ............. ..=/%%#@##
#%////.... . AS A DRUG . ....////%#
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@#%///.... . ONE SPOON . ....///%#@
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##@&%%/=.. THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) ..=/%%&@##
&%/....... DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES ......./%&
#@#&%%/=.. SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED ..=/%%@#
&%%%%=.... ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT ....=%%%%&
&&%/==.... SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE ....==/%&&
#@#&%%/=.. CONFUSING. ..=/%%@#
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#@#&%%/=.. MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE ..=/%%@#
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&%%%%%/=.. ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE ..=/%%%%%&
#@#&%%/=.. SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY ..=/%%@#
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##@#%%/=.. TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO ..=/%%#@##
&%%=...... INCLINED). ......=%%&
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###&%%/=.. . SEVEN SPOONS . ..=/%%##
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&%%%%%/=.. THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO ..=/%%%%%&
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##&%/..... THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE ...../%#
#@#&%%/=.. IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER ..=/%%@#
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###&%%/=.. SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS ..=/%%##
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&%=....... SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH .......=%&
&&%//=.... UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED ....=//%&&
@#%///.... OR NOT FORMED. ....///%#@
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#@#&%%/=.. ........... ..=/%%@#
#@#&%%/=.. . DANGERS . ..=/%%@#
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##%/==.... MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - ....==/%##
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##&%%/.... RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE ..../%%#
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#@#&%%/=.. WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO ..=/%%@#
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##@#&%/=.. PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). ..=/%@##
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@@#&%%/=.. PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES ..=/%%@@
#@#&%%/=.. FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ..=/%%@#
#@#&%%/=.. CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE ..=/%%@#
@@#&%%/=.. POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS ..=/%%@@
#%//=..... ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... .....=//%#
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#@#&%%/=.. POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE ..=/%%@#
##@#&%%=.. LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, ..=%%@##
&&&&%%/=.. ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. ..=/%%&&&&
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##@#%%/=.. LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE ..=/%%#@##
@@#&%%/=.. TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ..=/%%@@
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@@#&%%/=.. LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE ..=/%%@@
#%%%/..... THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ...../%%%#
#%%/...... ARE DEAD AND GONE. ....../%%#
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